Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Progress of Implementation of PM-KUSUM Yojana
The Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy and Power has informed that the main objectives of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan  include de-dieselisation of the farm sector, providing water and energy security to farmers, increasing the income of farmers and curbing environmental pollution. The Scheme has three components targeted to achieve solar power capacity addition of 30.8 GW by 31.3.2026 with total central financial support of Rs. 34,422 Crore. Other salient features of the Scheme are given below.
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Components, Targets & Criteria
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Financial Assistance available
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The Scheme is demand driven and open for all farmers of the country for implementation as per guidelines issued for the Scheme
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Component A: Setting up of 10,000 MW of Decentralized Ground/Stilt Mounted Solar Power Plants on barren/fallow/pasture/marshy/ cultivable land of farmers. Such plants can be installed by individual farmer, Solar Power Developer, Cooperatives, Panchayats and Farmers Producer Organisations.
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Procurement Based Incentive  to the DISCOMs @ 40 paise/kWh or Rs.6.60 lakhs/MW/year, whichever is lower, for buying solar/ other renewable power under this scheme. The PBI is given to the DISCOMs for a period of five years from the Commercial Operation Date of the plant. Therefore, the total PBI payable to DISCOMs is Rs. 33 Lakh per MW.
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Component B: Installation of 20 Lakh Stand-alone Solar Pumps in off-grid areas.
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For Component-B and individual pump solarisation under Component-C:
CFA of 30% of the benchmark cost issued by MNRE or the prices of the systems discovered in the tender, whichever is lower is provided. However, in North Eastern States including Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Lakshadweep and A&N Islands, CFA of 50% of the benchmark cost issued by MNRE or the prices of the systems discovered in the tender, whichever is lower, is provided. In addition, the respective state/UT has to provide at least 30% financial support. Balance cost is to be contributed by beneficiary.
For agriculture feeder solarization, CFA of Rs 1.05 Crore per MW is provided. There is no mandatory requirement of financial support from participating State/UT. The feeder solarisation can be implemented in CAPEX or RESCO mode.
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Component C: Solarisation of 15 Lakh Grid Connected Agriculture Pumps through  Individual Pump Solarisation and  Feeder Level Solarisation.
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The beneficiaries under Component-B and Component-C could be individual farmer, Water User Associations, Primary Agriculture Credit Societies and Communities/Cluster Based Irrigation Systems.
The Minister informed that the amount provided by the Government under the Scheme to States/UTs, for installation of standalone solar pumps and solarization of existing agriculture pumps during the last two years and the current year, till 30.06.2023, is as given below.

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S. No.
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States/UTs
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2020-21
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2021-22
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2022-23
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2023-24 up to 30.06.2023
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1.
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Arunachal Pradesh
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0
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0
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0.82
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0
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2.
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Assam
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0
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0
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0
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0
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3.
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Gujarat
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3.95
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0
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7.83
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0
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4.
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Haryana
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51.33
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161.12
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137.95
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25.15
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5.
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Himachal Pradesh
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2.8
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0
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5.85
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0
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6.
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Jammu & Kashmir
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0
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0
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15.69
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0
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7.
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Jharkhand
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16.05
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0
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20.03
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0
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8.
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Karnataka
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1.26
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0
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0
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2.38
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9.
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Madhya Pradesh
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0
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0
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0
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0
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10.
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Maharashtra
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0
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9.6
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247.60
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93.47
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11.
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Manipur
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0.36
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0
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0.23
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0
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12.
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Meghalaya
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0.28
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0
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0
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0.31
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13.
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Nagaland
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0
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0
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0.20
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0
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14.
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Odisha
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0.77
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0
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0
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0
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15.
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Punjab
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8.28
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23.7
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31.11
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0
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16.
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Rajasthan
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52.06
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153.49
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247.64
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0
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17.
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Tamil Nadu
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0
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20.3
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0
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0
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18.
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Tripura
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3.96
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7.36
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0.12
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0
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19.
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Uttarakhand
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0
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0
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4.00
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0
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20.
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Uttar Pradesh
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15.34
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13.73
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82.29
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9.82
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21.
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Others
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0
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16.75
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0
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0
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Total
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156.43
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406.04
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801.36
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131.13
The Minister informed that the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy is continuously engaged with stakeholders, including the farmers, to review and monitor the implementation of the Scheme. Recently, the Ministry amended the scheme guidelines on 12.07.2023 and allowed States to announce land lease rates for Component ‘C’ of the scheme.
The Minister informed that under Component ‘B’ of the scheme, Central Financial Assistance  of 30% of the benchmark cost issued by Ministry of New & Renewable Energy or the prices of the systems discovered in the tender, whichever is lower is provided. However, in North Eastern States including Sikkim, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Lakshadweep and A&N Islands, CFA of 50% of the benchmark cost issued by Ministry of New & Renewable Energy or the prices of the systems discovered in the tender, whichever is lower, is provided. In addition, the respective state/UT has to provide at least 30% financial support. Balance cost is to be contributed by the beneficiary.
Currently, there is no proposal under consideration for changing the current subsidy being provided to the farmers on solar pumps.
This information has been given by the Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy and Power Shri R. K. Singh, in a written reply to two questions, in Rajya Sabha on August 8, 2023.
Also read: Nearly 2.46 lakh farmers have benefitted from PM-KUSUM Scheme: Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy